Mobile terminal

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure discloses a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a housing, a display screen, a functional module and a rotating member, the housing defines a recess and a first engaging structure; the display screen is positioned in the housing; the rotating member is rotatably coupled to the housing, wherein the functional module is mounted on the rotating member, the rotating member comprises a second engaging structure cooperated with the first engaging structure, one of the first engaging structure and the second engaging structure is a curved slot communicated with the recess, the other one of the first engaging structure and the second engaging structure is a slider slidably engaged in the curved slot thereby enabling the rotating member to rotate according to an axis of the curved slot, such that the functional module is positioned in the recess or exposed from the housing.

CROSS REFERENCE

This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.16/563,349 filed on Sep. 6, 2019, which claims priority to ChinesePatent Application No. 201821472113.1, filed on Sep. 7, 2018, the entiredisclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosure relates to the field of mobile terminal technologies, andin particular, to a mobile terminal.

BACKGROUND

Nowadays, in order to obtain a better user experience, the demand forlarge screen display of mobile phones is becoming more and more urgent.However, since the front of the mobile phone usually needs to bearranged by such as a camera module, which limits the layout space ofthe display, and the screen to body ratio of the mobile phone isdifficult to increase.

SUMMARY

The disclosure provides a mobile terminal with high screen to bodyratio.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the mobile terminalincludes a housing, a display screen, a functional module and a rotatingmember, the housing defines a recess and a first engaging structure; thedisplay screen is positioned in the housing; the rotating member isrotatably coupled to the housing, wherein the functional module ismounted on the rotating member, the rotating member comprises a secondengaging structure cooperated with the first engaging structure, one ofthe first engaging structure and the second engaging structure is acurved slot communicated with the recess, the other one of the firstengaging structure and the second engaging structure is a sliderslidably engaged in the curved slot, thereby enabling the rotatingmember to rotate according to an axis of the curved slot, such that thefunctional module is positioned in the recess or exposed from thehousing.

According to another embodiment of the disclosure, the mobile terminalincludes a housing, a rotating member, a display screen, and a cameramodule, the housing defines a recess and a first engaging structure, thehousing includes a body portion and a protrusion portion. the rotatingmember is rotatably coupled to the housing to turn out of the recess orinto the recess, the rotating member comprises a second engagingstructure cooperated with the first engaging structure, one of the firstengaging structure and the second engaging structure is a curved slotcommunicated with the recess, the display screen is positioned in thehousing, wherein the display screen comprises a displaying surface, thebody portion is flush with the displaying surface, and the protrusionportion is protruded from the body portion away from the displayingsurface, a part of the recess is disposed in the protrusion portion, andanother portion of the recess is disposed in the body portion; thecamera module is disposed on the rotating member and coupled to therotating member in such a manner that the camera module is received inthe recess or exposed from the housing.

According to another embodiment of the disclosure, the mobile terminalincludes a housing, a rotating member, and a camera module, the housingdefines a recess and a first engaging structure in the housing; therotating member is rotatably coupled to the housing to turn out of therecess or into the recess, the rotating member includes a secondengaging structure cooperated with the first engaging structure; thecamera module is disposed on the rotating member to exposed from thehousing when the rotating member is turned out of the recess and to behidden by the housing when the rotating member is turned into therecess, wherein the camera module is disposed far away from the firstengaging structure and the second engaging structure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration diagram of a mobile terminal providedby an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates a structural diagram of the mobile terminal shown inFIG. 1 in another use state;

FIG. 3 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 illustrates a structural view of the mobile terminal shown inFIG. 1 in another perspective;

FIG. 7 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 illustrates a structural diagram of the mobile terminal shown inFIG. 12 in another use state;

FIG. 14 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 15 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 16 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 17 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 18 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 19 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 20 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 21 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 22 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 23 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 24 illustrates a structural diagram of the mobile terminal shown inFIG. 23 in another use state;

FIG. 25 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 26 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 27 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 28 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 29 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 30 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 31 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 32 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 33 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 34 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 35 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 36 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 37 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 38 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 39 illustrates a structural diagram of a mobile terminal accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 40 illustrates a structural diagram of the mobile terminal shown inFIG. 39 in another use state.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below,and the examples of the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings,wherein the same or similar reference numerals indicate the same orsimilar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. Theembodiments described below with reference to the drawings are intendedto be illustrative of the disclosure and are not to be construed aslimiting.

In the present disclosure, a communication terminal arranged tocommunicate through a wireless interface may be referred to as a“wireless communication terminal”, a “wireless terminal” or a “mobileterminal.” As used herein, a “communication terminal” (or simply“terminal”) includes, but is not limited to, is configured to beconnected via a wireline (e.g., via a public switched telephone network(PSTN), digital subscriber line (DSL), digital cable, direct Cableconnection, and/or another data connection/network) and/or via (e.g. fora cellular network, a wireless local area network (WLAN), a digitaltelevision network such as a DVB-H network, a satellite network, anAM-FM broadcast transmitter, And/or means for receiving/transmitting acommunication signal by a wireless interface of another communicationterminal. Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to,satellite or cellular telephones; personal communication system (PCS)terminals that may combine cellular radiotelephone with data processing,fax, and data communication capabilities; may include radiotelephones,pagers, Internet/intranet access, PDAs for web browsers, memo pads,calendars, and/or global positioning system (GPS) receivers; andconventional laptop and/or palm-sized receivers or other electronicdevices including radiotelephone transceivers.

Referring to FIG. 1, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides amobile terminal 100. The mobile terminal 100 includes a housing 10, adisplay screen 20, a rotating member 30, and a functional module. Itwill be appreciated that display screen 20 is the area in which theelectronic image is displayed. The display screen 20 may be an organicelectroluminescent display or a liquid crystal display. The functionalmodule may be a camera module 40. The number of camera modules 40 is notspecifically limited in this disclosure.

When the number of camera modules 40 is plural, each camera module 40may have a different shooting function. For example, when the number ofcamera modules 40 is two, one of the camera modules 40 may be a colorcamera module and the other camera module 40 may be a black and whitecamera module.

When the number of camera modules 40 is two, one camera module 40 mayalso be a telephoto camera module, and the other camera module 40 mayalso be an auxiliary camera module, for example, a wide-angle cameramodule. The specific settings are based on actual conditions. In oneembodiment, the rotating member 30 is made of the same material as thehousing 10, specifically, the material of the housing 10 may be, but isnot limited to aluminum or stainless steel.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the housing 10 includes a front surface 11and a first side surface 12 connecting the front surface 11. The frontsurface 11 refers to the surface of the housing 10 that faces the user.The first side surface 12 may be a front housing 11 connected to a topsurface 10 or may be a side surface of both side surfaces of the housing10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first side surface 12 is the top surface of thehousing 10. The housing 10 defines a recess 13. The recess 13 isrecessed from the first side surface 12 toward the interior of thehousing 10, i.e., the opening of the recess 13 is at least partiallydisposed on the first side 12. The shape of the side walls defining therecess 13 may be adapted to the shape of the rotating member 30.

Furthermore, the display screen 20 is positioned in the housing 10.Specifically, the display screen 20 is mounted on the front surface 11.At this time, the housing 10 may be used to protect the display screen20, that is, to prevent the display screen 20 from being damaged orcracked during a drop or touch. Further, the rotating member 30 isrotatably coupled to the housing 10. The camera module 40 is attached tothe rotating member 30, and an image collecting plane 41 of the cameramodule 40 toward the display screen 20, i.e., the camera module 40 maybe used to display the image captured front 20.

The housing 10 defines a first engaging structure 300. The rotatingmember 30 is rotatably coupled to the housing 10. The camera module 40is mounted on the rotating member 30. The rotating member 30 includes asecond engaging structure 400 cooperated with the first engagingstructure 300. One of the first engaging structure 300 and the secondengaging structure 400 is a curved slot 31 communicated with the recess13. An axis O of the curved slot 31 is perpendicular to the displayscreen 20 thereby enabling the rotating member 30 to rotate according tothe axis O of the curved slot 31, such that the camera module 40 isreceived in the recess 13 or exposed from the housing 10. In the otherembodiment, the first engaging structure 300 may be the slider 14, andthe second engaging structure 400 may be the curved slot 31. The slider14 is slidably engaged in the curved slot 31.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, one of the rotating member 30 and thehousing 10 is provided with a curved slot 31, and the other is providedwith a slider 14, that is, when the rotating member 30 is provided witha curved slot 31, the housing 10 is provided with a slider 14. When therotating member 30 is provided with the slider 14, the housing 10 isprovided with a curved slot 31. The curved slot 31 includes a firstgroove wall 311 and a second groove wall 312 opposite to the firstgroove wall 311 and a first end wall 313 and a second end wall 314disposed opposite the first end wall 314. The first end wall 313 and thesecond end wall 314 is connected between the first groove wall 311 andthe second groove wall 312.

A center plane 312 is formed between the first groove wall 311 and thesecond groove wall 312, the distance between the first groove wall 311and the center plane 311 is equal to the distance between the centerplane 312 and the second groove wall 312. The axis of the center plane312 is the axis of the curved slot 31, and the vertical distance fromeach point on the center plane to the axis are the same. In other words,the curved slot 31 has a center on the plane of rotation of the rotatingmember 30, and the axis of the curved slot 31 passes through the centerof the circle and is perpendicular to the plane of rotation.

Referring again to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the slider 14 is slidably mountedto the curved slot 31 such that the rotating member 30 carries thecamera module 40 to rotate out or rotate into the recess 13 about theaxis O of the curved slot 31. When the slider 14 is close to the firstend wall 313, the rotating member 30 carries the camera module 40 intothe recess 13 around the axis of the curved slot 31. At this time, therotating member 30 is received in the recess 13, that is, the imagecollecting plane 41 of the camera module 40 is blocked by the housing10. When the slider 14 is close to the second end wall 314, the rotatingmember 30 carries the camera module 40 to rotate out of the recess 13around the axis of the curved slot 31. At this time, the imagecollecting plane 41 of the camera module 40 is exposed relative to thehousing 10, that is, the image collecting surface 41 of the cameramodule 40 is not blocked by the housing 10. The axis O is defined at theintersection of the rotating member 30 and the housing 10.

In the present embodiment, since the rotating member 30 may carry thecamera module 40 into or out of the recess 13, when the shooting isrequired, the rotating member 30 may carry the camera module 40 out ofthe recess 13 for shooting, when no shooting is required, the rotatingmember 30 carries the camera module 40 turned into the recess 13, sothat the camera module 40 does not need to occupy the space of the frontsurface of the mobile terminal 100, and the display screen 20 may bearranged as large as possible on the front surface of the mobileterminal 100, so that the mobile terminal 100 screen accounted forrelatively high.

For example, the screen to body ratio of the mobile terminal 100 may beas high as 85% or even 95%. The screen ratio refers to a ratio of adisplay area of a screen of the mobile terminal 100 (such as the displayscreen 20) to a projected area of the mobile terminal 100 in a verticalplane in the thickness direction of the mobile terminal 100.

In the present disclosure, the slider 14 moves in the curved slot 31,and the curved slot 31 defines a movement trail of the slider 14,thereby defining a movement trail of the rotating member 30 fixed to theslider 14, so that the rotating member 30 rotates about the axis of thecurved slot 31.

In the present disclosure, the curvature of the curved slot 31 is lessthan or equal to 2π/5. The angle at which the rotating member 30 rotatedrelative to the first side surface 12 is limited by the curvature of thecurved slot 31. In the present disclosure, the camera module 40 islocated at one end of the rotating member 30 away from the axis of thecurved slot 31, so that when the rotating member 30 is rotated by asmall angle with respect to the first side 12, the camera module 40 maybe exposed relative to the housing 10.

In this embodiment, the slider 14 has various arrangements.

In one embodiment 1, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the number of the slider14 is one. The outer peripheral surface of the slider 14 abuts againstthe first groove wall 311 and the second groove wall 312. The slider 14may be, but is not limited to, a cylinder. When the rotating member 30rotates out of the recess 13, the slider 14 scrolls from the first endwall 313 to the second end wall 314, that is, the outer circumferentialsurface of the slider 14 scrolls on the first groove wall 311 and thesecond groove wall 312. When the rotating member 30 is turned into therecess 13, the slider 14 is rolled from the second end wall 314 towardthe first end wall 313. At this time, the outer peripheral surface ofthe slider 14 is on the first groove wall 311 and the second groove wall312.

Furthermore, since the outer circumferential surface of the slider 14abuts against the first channel wall 311 and the second groove wall 312,such that the movement direction of the rotating member 30 isrestricted, the slider 14 does not emerge from the recess 13, therotating member 30 may rotate about the axis of the curved slot 31.

As shown in FIG. 3, the number of the slider 14 is two. The outerperipheral surface of one slider 14 abuts against the first groove wall311. The outer peripheral surface of the other slider 14 abuts againstthe second groove wall 312. The slider 14 may be, but is not limited to,a cylinder.

When the rotating member 30 is turned out of the recess 13, the twosliders 14 are all rolled from the first end wall 313 toward the secondend wall 314. The outer peripheral surface of one slider 14 rolls on thefirst groove wall 311. The other slider 14 rolls on the second groovewall 312.

When the rotating member 30 is turned into the recess 13, the twosliders 14 are both rolled from the second end wall 314 toward the firstend wall 313. The outer peripheral surface of one slider 14 rolls on thefirst groove wall 311. The other slider 14 rolls on the second groovewall 312.

Furthermore, since the outer circumferential surface of one slider 14abuts against the first groove wall 311, the outer circumferentialsurface of the other slider 14 abuts against the second groove wall 312,so that the moving direction of the rotating member 30 is restricted,that is, the slider 14 does not come out of the recess 13 so that therotating member 30 rotates about the axis of the curved slot 31.

As shown in FIG. 4, the slider 14 includes a first sliding curvedsurface 141 and the second sliding curved surface 142. The axis of thefirst sliding curved surface 141 coincides with the axis of the centralsurface and abuts against the first groove wall 311. The axis of thesecond sliding cam surface 142 coincides with the axis of the centerplane and abuts the second groove wall 312.

When the rotating member 30 is positioned in the recess 13, the slider14 is adjacent to the first end wall 313 or abuts against the first endwall 313. When the rotating member 30 is turned out of the recess 13,the slider 14 is adjacent to the second end wall 314 or abuts againstthe second end wall 314.

The mobile terminal 100 includes a front surface 11 and a back surface101 opposite to the front surface 11, the recess 13 is defined betweenthe front surface 11 and the back surface 101.

During the process of the rotating member 30 rotating into the recess13, the slider 14 moves from the second end wall 314 toward the firstend wall 313, and the first sliding curved surface 141 of the firstslider 14 slides relative to the first slide groove wall 311, and thesecond sliding curved surfaces 142 slides relative to the second groovewall 312. An outer peripheral curved surface of the first sliding curvedsurface 141 abuts against the first channel wall 311, and an outercircumferential surface of the second sliding curved surface 142 abutsagainst the second groove wall 312, such that the movement direction ofthe rotating member 30 is restricted. The rotating member 30 is rotatedabout the axis of the curved slot 31.

As shown in FIG. 5, one of the rotating member 30 and housing 10 isprovided with a first auxiliary unit 500, for example, an auxiliary slot32, and the other is provided with a second auxiliary unit 600, forexample, an auxiliary slider 16. It may be understood that when therotating member 30 is provided with the auxiliary curved slot 32, thehousing 10 is provided with the auxiliary slider 16.

When the rotating member 30 is provided with the auxiliary slider 16,the housing 10 is provided with an auxiliary curved slot 32. In theembodiment, the auxiliary curved slot 32 is provided by the rotatingmember 30, and the auxiliary slider 16 is disposed on the housing 10.The auxiliary slot 32 is spaced apart from the curved slot 31. The axisof the auxiliary slot 32 coincides with the axis of the curved slot 31,and the auxiliary slider 16 is slidably mounted to the auxiliary slot32. In one embodiment, the auxiliary slot 32 includes a first auxiliarygroove wall 321 and a second auxiliary groove wall 322 which areoppositely disposed.

The first auxiliary unit 500 is spaced apart from the first engagingstructure 300, the second auxiliary unit 600 is spaced apart from thesecond engaging structure 400. In one embodiment, the auxiliary slot 32and the curved slot 31 are arranged coaxially. In one embodiment, theauxiliary slot 32 and the curved slot 31 follows the same curve and adifferent radius about the axis O.

The axis of the auxiliary center surface of the first auxiliary groovewall 321 and the second auxiliary groove wall 322 is the axis of theauxiliary slot 32. In addition, the auxiliary slot 32 is disposed closerto the axis than the curved slot 31. The size of the center plane of theauxiliary slot 32 is smaller than the size of the center plane of thecurved slot 31.

In addition, the auxiliary slider 16 is disposed in the same manner asthe slider 14 and will not be described too much herein. Therefore, byproviding the auxiliary slot 32 in the rotating member 30, the housing10 is provided with the auxiliary slider 16 to further ensure that therotating member 30 does not sway during the rotation, that is, toenhance the stability of the rotating member 30. In other embodiments,the auxiliary slot 32 is disposed away from the axis with respect to thecurved slot 31, that is, the size of the center surface of the auxiliaryslot 32 is larger than the center surface of the curved slot 31.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 6, the rotating member 30includes a first side wall 38, a second side wall 33, a third side wall34, a fourth side wall 35, a fifth side wall 36 and a sixth side wall37. The first side wall 38 is disposed toward the display screen 20. Thesecond side wall 33 is disposed opposite to the first side wall 38. Thethird side wall 34 and the fourth side wall 35 are opposite and bothconnect the first side wall 38 and second side wall 33 therebetween. Thefourth side wall 35 is disposed toward the inside of the housing 10. Thefifth side wall 36 and the sixth side wall 37 are opposite and bothconnect the first side wall 38 and the second side wall 33 therebetween,and the third side wall 34 and the fourth side wall 35 therebetween.

The axis of the curved slot 31 is located at the junction of the thirdside wall 34 and the fifth side wall 36, or, the axis of the curved slot31 is located at the junction of the third side wall 34 and the sixthside wall 37, or, the axis of the curved slot 31 is located at thejunction of the fourth side wall 35 and the fifth side wall 36, or, theaxis of the curved slot 31 is located at the junction of the fourth sidewall 35 and the sixth side wall 37.

In the present disclosure, when the two side walls directly intersectwith each other, the junction is defined as the junction of the two sidewalls and the area within a small area around them. When the two sidewalls are connected by a curved surface, a small rounding or a smallchamfering transition, the junction is defined as the junction lineformed by the junction of the extending surfaces of the two side wallsand the area within a small area around it.

In the present disclosure, the junction of A and B includes a regionaway from the junction line less than 0.5 mm. For example, as shown inFIG. 2, the junction of the third side wall 34 and the first six sidewall 37 includes a region away from the junction line less than 0.5 mm,like the A area shown in FIG. 2.

When the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37 directlyintersect, the junction line is the connection position of the thirdside wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37. FIG. 2 is a front view of themobile terminal 100 such that the junction line is a junction point.When the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37 are transitionedthrough the curved surface, the junction line is the third side wall 34and the connection position at which the sixth side wall 37 extends.Alternatively, when the junction is less than 0.2 mm away from thejunction line of the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37, therotating member 30 may be tightly close to the recess 13, therebyreducing a slot width of a surface of the mobile terminal 100.

The axis O is defined at any one of the junctions formed by the frontsurface 11, the back surface 101, a first side surface 12, a second sidesurface 15, a third side surface 16 and a fourth side surface 17.

In one embodiment, the third side wall 34 is substantially parallel tothe fourth side wall 35. In other embodiments, the third side wall 34may also form an angle of less than 15° with the fifth side wall 35.

In this embodiment, the recess 13 has a plurality of ways of setting.

In one embodiment, referring again to FIG. 2, the housing 10 includes asecond side surface 15 and a third side surface 16 disposed opposite tothe second side surface 15. The first side surface 12 and the frontsurface 11 are connected between the second side surface 15 and thirdside surface 16. The first side surface 12 shown in FIG. 2 is located onthe top surface of the housing 10, while the first side surface 12 mayalso be located on the side of the housing 10. Specifically, thefollowing embodiments and the drawings may be embodied. The recess 13 isspaced apart from the second side surface 15 and the third side surface16, that is, the recess 13 does not extend through the second sidesurface 15, or say the third side surface 16 or the recess 13 has onlyone opening, the opening is located on the first side 12. When therotating member 30 is turned into the recess 13, the fifth side wall 36is disposed toward the second side surface 15. The sixth side wall 37 isdisposed toward the third side surface 16. The axis of the curved slot31 is at the junction of the third side wall 34 and the fifth side wall36 or the junction of the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37.It will be appreciated that, the fifth side wall 36 faces toward thesecond side surface 15 means that the angle between the normal vector ofthe fifth side wall 36 and the normal vector of the second side surface15 is an acute angle.

In one embodiment, as in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the housing 10 includes afourth side surface 17 disposed opposite the first side surface 12. Thefourth side 17 is connected between the second side surface 15 and thethird side surface 16. The distance between the second side surface 15and the third side surface 16 is less than the distance between thefirst side surface 12 and the fourth side 17. At this time, the firstside surface 12 forms a top surface or a bottom surface of the mobileterminal 100. In the present embodiment, the first side surface 12 beingthe top surface of the mobile terminal 100 in FIG. 1, that is, theopening of the recess 13 is provided on the top surface of the housing10. Further, the axis of the curved slot 31 is at the junction of thethird side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37. The camera module 40 isdisposed on one end far away from the curved slot 31. The camera module40 is provided near the side walls 36. When the slider 14 slides fromthe first end wall 313 to the second end wall of the slide 314, therotating member 30 rotates relative to housing member 30 about the axis10 out of the recess 13, at this time, the third side wall 34 and thefifth side wall 36 of the member 30 are at least partially turned out ofthe recess 13 from the first side surface 12, thereby enabling the imagecollecting plane 41 of the camera module 40 exposed from the housing 10for shooting. When the slider 14 slides from the second end wall 314 tothe first end 313 of curved slot 31, the rotating member 30 is rotatedabout the axis relative to the housing member 10 into the recess 13, atthis time, the third side wall 34 and the fifth side wall 36 of therotating member 30 are positioned in the recess 13 so that the imagecollecting plane 41 of the camera module 40 overlaps the housing 10.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the fifth side wall 36 is a curvedsurface. The groove wall 133 of the recess 13 facing the fifth side wall36 is a curved surface. The shape of the groove wall 133 is the same asthat of the fifth side wall 36 so that the rotating member 30 may besmoothly transferred into or out of the recess 13.

Wherein the axis of the fifth side wall 36 and the shape of the groovewall 133 coincides with the axis of the curved slot 31. In oneembodiment, a gap may be formed between the fifth side wall 36 and thegroove wall 133 of the recess 13. At this time, when the slider 14slides from the first end wall 313 of the curved slot 31 to the secondend wall 314 of the curved slot 31, the fifth side wall 36 slidesrelative to the groove wall 133 of the recess 13, the groove wall 133 ofthe recess 13 hardly interferes with the fifth side wall 36, so that thegap width between the fifth side wall 36 and the groove wall 133 of therecess 13 may be a small value. In another embodiment, the fifth sidewall 36 and the groove wall 133 of the recess 13 are clearance fit.

Wherein, since the shape of the groove wall 133 and the fifth side wall36 are both curved surfaces, and the axis coincides with the axis of thecurved slot 31, the limiting structure between the groove wall 133 andthe fifth side surface 36 may be coupled to the stop structure betweenthe curved slot 31 and the sliders 14 to limit the rotation of therotating member 30 about the axis of the curved slot 31. It will beunderstood that this embodiment is also applicable to an arrangement inwhich the slider 14 is a cylinder.

Further, the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37 areperpendicularly intersected. It will be appreciated that, in the processdesign and manufacturing process, the error due to the level oftechnology, the meaning of vertically disposed in the present disclosureis not strictly perpendicular to each other, but the third side wall 34and the sixth vertical side wall 37 between angle approaching 90°, atthis time, the vertical angle between the third side wall 34 and thesixth side wall 37 should be able to be accepted by the skilled in theart, and this angle should not affect the purpose of the implementation.In addition, during the production process, a certain arc surface isformed at the junction of the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall37. The arc surface should not affect the purpose of the embodiment ofthe present disclosure. In addition, when the arc surface exists at thejunction of the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37, the thirdside wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37 are extended to intersect. Whenthe rotating member 30 is turned into the recess 13, The third side wall34 contacts the sixth side portion 37, thereby avoiding formation ofrecesses in the exterior surface of the mobile terminal 100 and ensuringthe uniformity of the appearance of the mobile terminal 100. Further,when the rotating member 30 is turned into the recess 13, the third sidewall 34 is flush with the first side surface 12.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the axis of the curved slot31 is at the junction of the third side wall 34 and the fifth side wall36, and the camera module 40 is mounted on one end of the rotatingmember 30 far away from the curved slot 31, that is, the camera module40 is disposed adjacent to the sixth side wall 37. When the slider 14slides from the first end wall 313 to the second end wall 314 of thecurved slot 31, the rotating member 30 is rotated relative to housing 10about the axis out of the recess 13, at this time, the third side wall34 and the sixth side wall 37 of the rotating member 30 are at leastpartially turned out of the recess 13 from the first side 12, therebycausing the image collecting plane 41 of the camera module 40 to beexposed to the housing 10 for image capture. When the slider 14 slidesfrom the second end wall 314 of the curved slot 31 to the first end 313,the rotating member 30 is rotated about the axis relative to the housingmember 10 into the recess 13, at this time, the third side wall 34 andthe sixth side wall 37 of the rotating member 30 are positioned in therecess 13 so that the image collecting plane 41 of the camera module 40overlaps the housing 10.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the sixth side wall 37 is a curved surface.The groove wall 133 of the recess 13 facing the sixth side wall 37 is acurved surface. The shape of the groove wall 133 is the same as that ofthe sixth side wall 37 so that the rotating member 30 may be smoothlytransferred into or out of the recess 13.

Wherein the axis of the sixth side wall 37 and the shape of the groovewall 133 coincide with the axis of the curved slot 31. In oneembodiment, a gap may be formed between the sixth side wall 37 and thegroove wall 133 of the recess 13. At this time, when the slider 14slides from the first end wall 313 of the curved slot 31 toward thesecond end wall 314 of the curved slot 31, and the sixth side wall 37slides relative to the groove wall 133 of the recess 13, the groove wall133 of the recess 13 hardly interferes with the sixth side wall 37, sothat the gap width between the sixth side wall 37 and the groove wall133 of the recess 13 may be set by a small value. In another embodiment,the sixth side wall 37 and the groove wall 133 of the recess 13 areclearance fit.

The third side wall 34 and the fifth side wall 36 are perpendicularlyintersected. When the rotating member 30 is turned into the recess 13,the third side wall 34 contacts the fifth side wall 36, thereby avoidingrecesses in the exterior surface of the mobile terminal 100 to ensurethe uniformity of the appearance of the mobile terminal 100.

When the rotating member 30 is turned into the recess 13, the third sidewall 34 is flush with the first side surface 12.

As shown in FIG. 7, the rotating member 30 further includes at least acamera module, an iris recognition module, a face recognition module, aflash, a microphone, or a photoreceptor. For example, the rotatingmember 30 is further provided with a camera module 50. The camera module50 may be used to capture an image of the back of the display screen 20.The camera module 50 may include a plurality of camera modules. Thefunction of each camera module may be different. At this time, when itis necessary to take an image of the back side of the display screen 20,the rotating member 30 carries the camera module out of the recess 13for shooting. When the shooting is unnecessary, the rotating member 30carries the camera module into the recess 13 to avoid opening a throughhole in the housing 10, thereby ensuring the appearance uniformity ofthe mobile terminal 100.

In another embodiment, the distance between the second side surface 15and the third side surface 16 is greater than the distance between thefirst side surface 12 and fourth side 17. At this time, the first sidesurface 12 forms a left-side surface or a right-side surface of themobile terminal 100. Specifically, the specific arrangement of therecess 13 will not be described herein again, with reference to FIGS. 8to 11. In FIG. 8, the first side surface 12 is the left side surface ofthe housing 10, and the axis of the curved slot 31 is located at thejunction of the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37. In FIG.9, the first side surface 12 is the left side surface of the housing 10,and the axis of the curved slot 31 is located at the junction of thethird side wall 34 and the first five side walls 36. In FIG. 10, thefirst side surface 12 is the right side of the housing 10, and the axisof the curved slot 31 is located at the junction of the third side wall34 and the sixth side wall 37. In FIG. 11, the first side surface 12 isthe right side of the housing 10, and the axis of the curved slot 31 islocated at the junction of the third side wall 34 and the fifth sidewall 36.

As shown in FIG. 8, the rotating member 30 is further provided with abutton 38. When it is necessary to take an image, the rotating member 30carries the camera module 40 from the left side of the mobile terminal100 to out of the recess 13 for shooting. At this time, the button 38also rotates out of the recess 13 from the left side with the rotatingmember 30. The button 38 may be used to turn the switch of the mobileterminal 100 on or off. Of course, the button 38 may also be used as abrightness adjustment switch for capturing an image. When it is desiredto increase the brightness of the image, the rotating member 30 isturned out of the recess 13 so that the button 38 rotates out of therecess 13 with the rotating member 30. Therefore, by providing a button38 on the rotating member 30, it is possible to avoid additionallyproviding a through hole on the mobile terminal 100 for mounting thebutton 38, thereby making the appearance of the mobile terminal 100 moreuniform, that is, ensuring the appearance consistency of the mobileterminal 100.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, the recess 13extends to the second side surface 15, and the recess 13 and the thirdside surface 16 are spaced apart from each other, that is, the recess 13includes another opening formed in the second side surface 15. The firstside surface 12 shown in FIG. 12 is located on the top surface of thehousing 10, and the first side surface 12 may also be located on theleft or right side of the housing 10. When the rotating member 30 isturned into the recess 13, the fifth side wall 36 is disposed toward thesecond side surface 15, and the sixth side wall 37 is disposed towardthe third side surface 16. The axis of the curved slot 31 is at thejunction of the third side wall 34 and the fifth side wall 36, or theaxis of the curved slot 31 is located at the junction of the third sidewall 34 and the sixth side wall 37, or, the axis of the curved slot 31is located at the junction of the fourth side wall 35 and the fifth sidewall 36.

In one embodiment, please referring to FIGS. 12 and 13 again, the firstside surface 12 is the top surface of the housing 10, that is, anopening of the recess 13 is located on the top surface of the housing10. In the present embodiment, the second side surface 15 is taken as anexample of the left side surface of the housing 10. Further, the axis ofthe curved slot 31 is located at the junction of the third side wall 34and the six side wall 37, and the camera module 40 is disposed at oneend far away from the curved slot 31, that is, the camera module 40 isdisposed near the fifth side wall 36. When the slider 14 slides from thefirst end wall 313 to the second end wall 314, the rotating member 30rotates about the axis relative to housing member 10 out of the recess13, at this time, at least part of the third side wall 34 of therotating member 30 emerges from a first side surface 12 out of therecess 13, at least a part of the fifth side wall 36 emerges from thesecond side surface 15, so that the image collecting plane 41 of thecamera module 40 image is exposed from the housing 10 for shooting. Whenthe slider 14 slides from the second end wall 314 of the curved slot 31to the first end wall 313, the rotating member 30 is rotated about theaxis relative to the housing member 10 into the recess 13, at this time,the third side wall 34 and the five side wall 36 of the rotating member30 are accommodated in the recess 13.

The third side wall 34 is disposed perpendicular to the sixth side wall37. When the rotating member 30 is turned into the recess 13, the thirdside wall 34 contacts the sixth side wall 37, thereby avoiding aformation of a recess on the exterior surface of the mobile terminal 100to ensure the appearance uniformity of the mobile terminal 100. Further,when the rotating member 30 is turned into the recess 13, the third sidewall 34 is flush with the first side surface 12.

Referring to FIGS. 12 and 13, when the rotating member 30 rotates intothe recess 13, the third side wall 34 and the first side surface 12 isflush, that is, the third side wall 34 and the first side surface 12 arein the same plane. The fifth side wall 36 is flush with the second sidesurface 15, that is, the fifth side wall 36 and the second side surface15 are in the same plane. The label of the third side wall 34 and thefifth side wall 36 are omitted in FIG. 12 and labeled in FIG. 13. Thejunction of the third side wall 34 and the fifth side wall 36 has acurved transition, and a thick line in FIG. 13 indicates a curvedsurface. In this case, the third side wall 34 of the rotating member 30and the housing 10 forms the appearance surface of the mobile terminal100. The fifth side wall 36 and the second side surface 15 forms a leftside surface of the mobile terminal 100. Therefore, when the third sidewall 34 and the fifth side wall 36 forms an arc transition at thejunction of therebetween, there is no angle formed in the junction ofthe third side wall 34 and the fifth side wall 36 to avoid lowering theuser experience.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, the axis of the curved slot31 is at the junction of the fourth side wall 35 and the fifth side wall36. When the slider 14 slides from the first end wall 313 to the secondend wall 314, the rotating member 30 rotates about the axis relative tothe housing 10 out of the recess 13, at this time, at least a part ofthe third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37 rotates from the firstside surface 12 out of the recess 13, and at least a part of the fifthside wall 36 rotates from the second side surface 15 out of the recess13, so that the image collecting plane 41 exposes from the housing 10for taking image capture.

As shown in FIG. 14, the sixth side wall 37 is a curved surface. Thegroove wall 133 of the recess 13 facing the sixth side wall 37 is acurved surface. The shape of the groove wall 133 is the same as that ofthe sixth side wall 37 so that the rotating member 30 may be smoothlytransferred into or out of the recess 13.

The axis of the sixth side wall 37 and the shape of the groove wall 133coincide with the axis of the curved slot 31. In one embodiment, a gapmay be formed between the sixth side wall 37 and the groove wall 133 ofthe recess 13. At this time, when the slider 14 slides from the firstend wall 313 of the curved slot 31 toward the second end wall 314 of thecurved slot 31, and the sixth side wall 37 slides relative to the groovewall 133 of the recess 13, the groove wall 133 of the recess 13 hardlyinterferes with the sixth side wall 37, so that the gap width betweenthe sixth side wall 37 and the groove wall 133 of the recess 13 may beset to a small value. In another embodiment, the sixth side wall 37 andthe groove wall 133 of the recess 13 are clearance fit.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15, the axis of the curved slot31 is located at the junction of the third side wall 34 and the firstfive side walls 36. Since the third side wall 34 and the fifth side wall36 are arcuate transition, the junction of the third side wall 34 andthe fifth side wall 36 is the extension position of the third side wall34 and the fifth side wall 36. That is, the point B of FIG. 15. When theslider 14 slides from the first end wall 313 to the second end wall 314,the rotating member 30 relative to the housing 10 about the axis out ofthe recess 13, at this time, at least part of the third side wall 34 ofthe rotating member 30 and the sixth side wall 37 may rotate from thefirst side surface 12 out of the recess 13, so that the image collectingplane 41 of the camera module 40 may emerge from the housing 10 forimaging.

As shown in FIG. 15, the sixth side wall 37 is a curved surface. Thegroove wall 133 of the recess 13 facing the sixth side wall 37 is acurved surface. The shape of the groove wall 133 is the same as that ofthe sixth side wall 37 so that the rotating member 30 may be smoothlyrotated into or out of the recess 13.

The axis of the sixth side wall 37 and the shape of the groove wall 133coincide with the axis of the curved slot 31. In one embodiment, a gapmay be formed between the sixth side wall 37 and the groove wall 133 ofthe recess 13. At this time, when the slider 14 slides from the firstend wall 313 of the curved slot 31 toward the second end wall 314 of thecurved slot 31, and the sixth side wall 37 slides relative to the groovewall 133 of the recess 13, the groove wall 133 of the recess 13 hardlyinterferes with the sixth side wall 37, so that the gap width betweenthe sixth side wall 37 and the groove wall 133 of the recess 13 may beset to a small value. In another embodiment, the sixth side wall 37 andthe groove wall 133 of the recess 13 are clearance fit.

In other embodiments, the second side surface 15 may also be the rightside surface of the housing 10, and the second side surface 15 may alsobe the left side surface of the housing 10. At this time, thearrangement of the recess 13 may be referred to FIGS. 16 to 18 and willnot be described in detail herein. FIG. 16 shows that the axis of thecurved slot 31 is in the junction of the third side wall 34 and thesixth side wall 37. FIG. 17 shows that the axis of curved slot 31 islocated in the junction of the first three side walls 34 and the fifthside wall 36. FIG. 18 shows that the axis of the curved slot 31 is inthe junction of the fourth side wall 35 and the fifth side wall 36.Further, the first side surface 12 may also be the left side surface orthe right side surface of the mobile terminal 100. At this time, thesecond side surface 15 may be a top surface or a bottom surface of themobile terminal 100, with reference to FIGS. 19 to 22. The recess 13 isnot described here, please referring to the above-mentioned description.FIG. 19 shows the axis of the curved slot 31 is in the junction of thethird side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37. FIG. 20 shows that theaxis of the curved slot 31 is in the junction of the third side wall 34and the fifth side wall 36. FIG. 21 shows that the axis of the curvedslot 31 is in the junction of the fourth side wall 35 and the fifth sidewall 36. FIG. 22 shows that the first side surface 12 is in the leftside of the housing 10, and the axis of the curved slot 31 is in thejunction of the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37. Ofcourse, when the first side surface 12 is located on the left sidesurface of the housing 10, the axis of the curved slot 31 has otherforms, which are not listed here, and may be referred to FIG. 20 andFIG. 21.

The following is a third embodiment. The difference between the thirdembodiment and the second embodiment is that the first side surface 12is located on the side of the housing 10.

The recess 13 extends to the second side surface 15 and the third sidesurface 16. The recess 13 includes a first opening, a second opening,and a third opening. The first opening is disposed on the first sidesurface 12 and the second opening is disposed on the second side surface15. The third opening is disposed on the third side surface 16.

When the rotating member 30 rotates into the recess 13, the fifth sidewall 36 faces toward the second side surface 15, the sixth side wall 37faces toward the third side surface 16. The axis of the curved slot 31is located at the junction of the fifth side wall 36 and the third sidewall 34, the junction of the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall37, the junction of the fourth side wall 35 and the fifth side wall 36,or the junction of the fourth side wall 35 and the sixth side wall 37.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 24, the first side surface 12 is thetop surface of the housing 10. The first opening of the recess 13 isprovided on the top surface of the housing 10.

Furthermore, the second side surface 15 may be the left side surface ofthe housing 10, the third side surface 16 is the right side surface ofthe housing 10, or the second side surface 15 is the right side surfaceof the housing 10, and the third side surface 16 is a left side surfaceof the housing 10.

In the present embodiment, the second side surface 15 is the left sidesurface of the housing 10, and the third side surface 16 is the rightside surface of the housing 10. When the axis of the curved slot 31 isin the junction of the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37,and the camera module 40 is mounted on the end far away from the curvedslot 31 of the rotating member 30. The camera module 40 is disposed nearthe fifth side walls 36. Since the third side wall 34 and the sixth sidewall 37 are through a curved surface transition, at this time, theintersection of the third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37 islocated on the extending portion of the third side wall 34 and the sixthside wall 37, that is, point C in FIG. 23.

When the slider 14 slides from the first end wall to the second end wall314, the rotating member 30 rotates relative to the housing 10 about theaxis out of the recess 13, at this time, at least part of the third sidewall 34 of the rotating member 30 rotates from the first side surface 12out of the recess 13, and at least part of the fifth side wall 37 of therotating member 30 rotates from the second side surface 15 out of therecess 13 to expose the image collecting plane 41 of the camera module40 for imaging.

As shown in FIG. 24, when the rotating member 30 is rotated into therecess 13, the third side wall 34 is flush with the first side surface12, that is, the third side wall 34 is in the same plane as the firstside surface 12, and the fifth side wall 36 is flush with the secondside surface 15, that is, the fifth side wall 36 and the second sidesurface 15 are in the same plane, and the sixth side wall 37 is flushwith the third side surface 16, that is, the sixth side wall 37 and thethird side surface 16 are in the same plane. The junction of the thirdside wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37 has a curved transition, and thearc is indicated by a thick line in FIG. 23.

The third side wall 34 of the rotating member 30 and the first sidesurface 12 form a top surface of the mobile terminal 100, and the fifthside wall 36 and the second side surface 15 form a left side surface anda sixth side wall 37, and the third side surface 16 form a right side ofthe mobile terminal 100. Therefore, when the third side wall 34 and thesixth side wall 37 forms an arc transition at the junction oftherebetween, there is no angle formed in the junction of the third sidewall 34 and the sixth side wall 37 to avoid lowering the userexperience.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 25, the axis of the curved slot31 is at the junction of the fourth side wall 35 and the sixth side wall37. When the slider 14 slides from the first end wall 313 to the secondend wall 314, the rotating member 30 rotates about the axis relative tothe housing 10 out of the recess 13, at this time, at least a part ofthe third side wall 34 rotates from the first side surface 12 out of therecess 13, and at least a part of the fifth side wall 36 rotates fromthe second side surface 15 out of the recess 13, and at least a part ofthe sixth side wall 36 rotates from third side surface 16 out of therecess 13 so that the image collecting plane 41 exposes from the housing10 for taking image capture.

In another embodiment, the rotating process of the axis of the curvedslot 31 in the junction of the third side wall 34 and the first fiveside wall 36 is not described here, and the rotating process of the axisof the curved slot 31 in the junction of the fourth side wall 35 and thefifth side wall 36 is not described here, which are shown in the FIG. 26and FIG. 27.

When the first side surface 12 is the right side surface of the housing10, the details of the location of the recess 13 may be referred to FIG.28 and FIG. 29. FIG. 28 shows that the axis of the curved slot 31 is inthe junction of the third side wall 34 and the fifth side wall 36. FIG.29 shows that the axis of the curved slot 31 is in the junction of thefourth side wall 35 and the fifth side wall 37. Further, when the firstside surface 12 is the left side surface of the housing 10, the detailof the recess 13 is not described here, please see FIG. 30 and FIG. 31.

FIG. 30 shows that the axis of the curved slot 31 is in the junction ofthe third side wall 34 and the sixth side wall 37. FIG. 31 shows thatthe axis of the curved slot 31 is in the junction of the fourth sidewall 35 and the sixth side wall 37. Of course, when the first sidesurface 12 is the left side or the right side of the housing 10, theaxis of the curved slot 31 has other forms, but it will not beenumerated here.

In one embodiment as shown in FIG. 32, the housing 10 includes a mainbody portion 18 and a protrusion portion 19. The protrusion 19 protrudesfrom the surface far away from the display screen 20 of the main bodyportion 18. A portion of the recess 13 is formed in the protrusionportion 19. Another portion of the recess 13 is formed in the main bodyportion 18. In detail, the top surface of the protrusion portion 19 isflush with the top surface of the main body portion 18, that is, the topsurface of the protrusion portion 19 and the top surface of the mainbody portion 18 forms the top surface of the housing 10. When a part ofthe recess 13 is provided in the protrusion portion 19, and anotherportion of the recess 13 is in the main body portion 18. Here, in theembodiment, the recess 13 is spaced apart from the second side surface15 and the third side surface 16, that is, the recess 13 fails tothroughout the second side surface 15 and the third side surface 16.

In the present embodiment, the rotating member 30 is rotated relative tothe housing 10 in a variety of manners.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 33, the mobile terminal 100 includesa driving device 71, a gear set 72, a screw shaft 73, a drive rod 74,and a push rod 75. The driving device 71 may be, but is not limited to,a motor. The driving device 71, the gear set 72, and the screw shaft 73are provided inside the housing 10. The screw shaft 73 is fixedlycoupled to the output end 721 of the gear set 72. A spiral groove 731 isprovided on the outer peripheral side of the screw shaft 73, and one endof the drive rod 74 is partially fitted into the spiral groove 731 to beslidably coupled to the screw shaft 73. The push rod 75 includes a firstend 751 and a second end 752 disposed opposite to the first end 751. Thefirst end 751 is rotatably connected to the other end of the drive rod74. The second end 752 is hinged to the rotating member 30 at one endaway from the curved slot 31. The driving device 71 is used to drive theinput end 722 of the gear set 72 to rotate, so that the output end 721of the gear set 72 drives the screw shaft 73 to rotate, the drive rod 74slides relative to the screw rod 73, and the push rod 75 drives therotating member 30 to turn into or out of the recess 13. It will beappreciated that the input end 722 of the gear set 72 may be either agear or a rotating shaft. The output end 723 of the gear set 72 may be agear or a fixed shaft.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 34, the mobile terminal 100includes a driving device 71, a gear set 72, a screw shaft 73, and adrive rod 74. The driving device 71 may be, but is not limited to, amotor. The driving device 71, the gear set 72, and the screw shaft 73are provided inside the housing 10. The screw shaft 73 is fixedlycoupled to the output end 721 of the gear set 72. A spiral groove 731 isprovided on the outer peripheral side of the screw shaft 73. One end ofthe drive rod 74 is partially fitted into the spiral groove 731 toslidably connected to the screw shaft 73. The other end of the drive rod74 is magnetically connected to the rotating member 30 at one end awayfrom the curved slot 31. The driving device 71 is configured to drivethe input end 722 of the gear set 72 to rotate, so that the output end721 of the gear set 72 drives the screw shaft 73 to rotate, and thedrive rod 74 slides relative to the screw shaft 73 to drive the rotatingmember 30 to rotate into or out of the recess 13. It will be appreciatedthat the input end 722 of the gear set 72 may be either a gear or arotating shaft. The output end 723 of the gear set 72 may be a gear or afixed shaft.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 34, the drive rod 74 includes afirst end portion 741 and a second end portion 742 disposed opposite tothe first end portion 741. The first end portion 741 is partiallyembedded in the spiral groove 731 to be slidably coupled to the screwshaft 73. The second end portion 742 is provided with a first magneticmember 7421. A second magnetic member 7422 is disposed at one end of therotating member 30 away from the curved slot 31. The first magneticmember 7421 is a strip-shaped block. The second magnetic member 7422 isa semi-spherical shape. When the rotating member 30 is turned out of therecess 13, the first magnetic member 7421 slides from one end of thesecond magnetic member 7422 to the other end. When the rotating member30 is turned into the recess 13, the first magnetic member 7421 slidesfrom the other end of the second magnetic member 7422 to the end.Therefore, the second magnetic member 7422 may be connected to therotating member 30 through the magnetic force of the first magneticmember 7421, that is, the push rod 75 and the rotating member 30 areprevented from being separated during the rotation of the rotatingmember 30, and the first magnetic member 7421 may be rotated relative tothe second magnetic member 7422.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 35, the mobile terminal 100includes a cylinder set 60, a first air bag 61 and second air bag 62.The first air bag 61 is located between one end of the curved slot 31and the slider 14. The second air bag 62 is located between the otherend of the curved slot 31 and the slider 14. The first air bag 61 andthe second air bag 62 are connected to the air cylinder set 60,respectively. The cylinder set 60 is for inflating the first air bag 61and pumping the second air bag 62. The cylinder set 60 is also used toevacuate the first air bag 61 and inflate the second air bag 62. In oneembodiment, the cylinder set 60 includes a first cylinder 63 and asecond cylinder 64 spaced apart from the first cylinder 63. The firstcylinder 63 communicates with the first air bag 61. The first cylinder63 is used to inflate or evacuate the first air bag 61. The secondcylinder 64 communicates with the second air bag 62. The second cylinder64 is used to inflate or evacuate the second air bag 62. Specifically,when the first cylinder 63 inflates the first air bag 61, the secondcylinder 64 evacuates the second air bag 62, the slider 14 slides alongthe curved slot 31 by the first air bag 61 pushing. At this time, therotating member 30 is turned out of the recess 13 relative to thehousing 10. When the first cylinder 63 inflates the second air bag 62,the second cylinder 64 evacuates the first air bag 61, the slider slidesalong the curved slot 31 by the second air bag 62 pushing, at this time,the rotating member 30 is turned into the recess 114 relative to thehousing 10.

In other embodiments, the rotating member 30 may be manually dialed torotate relative to the housing 10. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 36,the first end wall 313 of the curved slot 31 is provided with a firstmagnetic plate 71. The second end wall 314 of the curved slot 31 isprovided with a second magnetic sheet 72. When the camera module 40 isimaging, the end of the rotating member 30 away from the of the curvedslot 31 is dialed by the hand, or by pressing the rotating member 30 onthe end provided with the curved slot 31, to rotate the rotating member30 around the axis out of the recess 13. At this time, the slider 14attracts the first magnetic sheet 71. The rotating member 30 is fixedrelative to the housing 10 to facilitate the shooting. Further, when itis unnecessary for the camera module 40 shooting, the end of therotating member 30 away from the of the curved slot 31 is dialed by thehand, or by pressing the rotating member 30 on the end provided with thecurved slot 31, the rotating member 30 is rotated into the recess 13.The slider 14 attracts the second magnetic sheet 72, and the rotatingmember 30 is fixed relative to the housing 10, thereby preventing therotating member 30 from being dropping out of the recess 13 during use.

Further, as shown in FIG. 36, a recessed area 131 is formed in therecess 13. The rotating member 30 is provided with a limiting block 132.When the rotating member 30 is turned into the recess 13, the limitingblock 132 and the recessed area 131 is connected by an interferenceconnection or a snap connection. At this time, when the rotating member30 is turned into the recess 13, since the limiting block 132 isrestrained in the recessed portion 131, the rotating member 30 isfurther fixed to the housing 10 to enhance the connection of therotating member 30.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 37 and 38, the housing 10includes a back surface 101 opposite to the front surface 11. The backsurface 101 is connected to the first side surface 12. The housing 10has a light transmission hole 102. The opening of the light transmissionhole 102 is provided in the back surface 101. The mobile terminal 100includes a camera module 1 and a flash 2. The camera module 1 is mountedinside the housing 10, and the camera module 2 collects light throughthe light transmission hole 102. The orientation of a light emittingface 202 of the flash 2 is opposite to the orientation of the displayscreen 20. Among them, the flash 2 is set in a variety of ways.

In a first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 37, the flash 2 is disposed onthe rotating member 30. When the rotating member 30 is turned into therecess 13, the flash 2 overlaps with the housing 10. When the rotatingmember 30 is turned out of the recess 13, the flash 2 is exposedrelative to the housing 10. Specifically, when the user performs imagecapturing in an environment with sufficient ambient light, the user doesnot need to use the flash 2, the rotating member 30 may be turned intothe recess 13 to receive the flash 2 in the recess 13, therebypreventing the flash 2 from being damaged due to long-term exposure tothe outside of the housing 10, and to reduce the openings in the housing10 to ensure a simple appearance of the mobile terminal 100. Inaddition, when the user performs image capturing in a dark environment,the user only needs to turn the rotating member 30 out of the recess 13,so that the rotating member 30 carries the emission surface of the flash2 to be exposed, and cooperate with the camera module 1 photographing.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 38, the flash 2 is mountedinside the housing 10. It may be understood that when the camera module1 is photographed in an environment where the outside light is dark, theflash 2 may increase the exposure amount of the camera module 1 toensure the photographing quality of the camera module 1.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 39 and FIG. 40, a pixel array area 401 ofthe photosensitive element in the camera module 40 has a rectangulararea. The photosensitive element, that is, the image sensor, may be aCCD (Charge Coupled Device) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal OxideSemiconductor). The pixel array area 401 of the image sensor has arectangular area, that is, a square area or a rectangular area. Therectangular region includes two long sides 402 and short sides that areoppositely connected between the two long sides 402. The long side 402of the rectangular area is substantially perpendicular to the short sideof the rectangular area.

When the rotating member 30 carries the camera module 40 out of therecess 13, the long side 402 of the rectangular area is substantiallyparallel or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X of the mobileterminal 100. As shown in FIG. 39 and FIG. 40, the mobile terminal 100in the longitudinal direction X is generally the mobile terminal 100 inthe vertical direction. When the long side 402 of the rectangular regionis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X, theshort side of the rectangular region is substantially parallel to thelongitudinal direction X. When the long side 402 of the rectangular areais substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction X, the shortside of the rectangular area is substantially perpendicular to thelongitudinal direction X. The long side of the display screen 20 mayalso be substantially parallel to the length direction X of the mobileterminal 100.

In the present embodiment, when the camera module 40 is transferred outof the recess 13, the long side 402 of the a pixel array area 401 issubstantially parallel or perpendicular to the mobile terminal 100 inthe longitudinal direction X, thus the images acquired by the cameramodule 40 may be better converted into pictures, and is also convenientto display directly in the display screen 20.

By applying the orientation of the pixel array area 401 of the cameramodule 40, the image processing chip inside the mobile terminal 100 mayprocess images by using a conventional algorithm, thereby reducing theproduction cost of the mobile terminal 100.

In one embodiment, the first side surface 12 may be the top surface ofthe mobile terminal 100. The first side surface 12 is substantiallyperpendicular to the longitudinal direction X. In other embodiments, thefirst side surface 12 may also be the left side surface, the right sidesurface or the bottom surface of the mobile terminal 100.

In one embodiment, the camera module 40 is fixed relative to therotating member 30. When the rotating member 30 carries the cameramodule 40 into the recess 13, the long side 402 of the rectangular areais inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction X of the mobileterminal 100. That is, an obtuse or acute angle is formed between thelong side 402 of the rectangular area and the length direction X of themobile terminal 100.

In other embodiments, the camera module 40 may be rotated relative tothe rotating member 30. The location relationship between the long side402 of the rectangular region of the camera module 40 and thelongitudinal direction X is changed as the location relationship betweenthe rotating member 30 and the longitudinal direction X changes.

While the disclosure has been described in terms of what is presentlyconsidered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is tobe understood that the disclosure need not be limited to the disclosedembodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to cover variousmodifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit andscope of the appended claims which are to be accorded with the broadestinterpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similarstructures.

What is claimed is:
 1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a housing,defining a recess and comprising a first engaging structure; a displayscreen, positioned in the housing; a functional module; and a rotatingmember, rotatably coupled to the housing, wherein the functional moduleis disposed on the rotating member, the rotating member comprises asecond engaging structure cooperated with the first engaging structure,one of the first engaging structure and the second engaging structure isa curved slot communicated with the recess, the other one of the firstengaging structure and the second engaging structure is a sliderslidably engaged in the curved slot thereby enabling the rotating memberto rotate according to an axis of the curved slot, the functional moduleis selectively positioned in the recess or exposed from the housing,wherein the axis is defined out of the housing, and the functionalmodule keeps facing the same direction as the display screen when therotating member is positioned in the recess.
 2. The mobile terminal ofclaim 1, wherein the functional module is disposed on an end of therotating member far away from the second engaging structure.
 3. Themobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the axis of the curved slot isdefined at an intersection of the rotating member and the housing. 4.The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the axis of the curved slot isperpendicular to the display screen.
 5. The mobile terminal of claim 1,wherein the housing further comprises a body portion and a protrusionportion, the display screen comprises a displaying surface, the bodyportion is flush with the displaying surface, and the protrusion portionis protruded from the body portion away from the displaying surface, apart of the recess is disposed in the protrusion portion, and remainingpart of the recess is disposed in the body portion.
 6. The mobileterminal of claim 1, wherein the axis of the curved slot is the onlyaxis of the rotating member.
 7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, whereinthe curved slot is defined in the housing, and the slider is disposed onthe rotating member.
 8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein thecurved slot is defined in the rotating member, and the slider isdisposed in the housing.
 9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein thehousing defines a first auxiliary unit, and the rotating membercomprises a second auxiliary unit, one of the first auxiliary unit andthe second auxiliary unit is an auxiliary slot communicated with therecess, the other one of the first auxiliary unit and the secondauxiliary unit is an auxiliary slider slidably engaged in the auxiliaryslot.
 10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the first auxiliaryunit is spaced apart from the first engaging structure, the secondauxiliary unit is spaced apart from the second engaging structure. 11.The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the auxiliary slot and thecurved slot are arranged coaxially.
 12. The mobile terminal of claim 9,wherein the auxiliary slot and the curved slot follows a same curve anda different radius.
 13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein themobile terminal comprises a front surface and a back surface opposite tothe front surface, the recess is defined between the front surface andthe back surface.
 14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein thehousing comprises a front surface, a back surface opposite to the frontsurface, a first side surface, a second side surface, a third sidesurface and a fourth side surface, the first side surface, the secondside surface, the third side surface and the fourth side surface areconnected end to end to form a profile of the housing, the functionalmodule is capable of arising from the first side surface, the secondside surface, the third side surface or the fourth side surface.
 15. Amobile terminal, comprising: a housing, defining a recess and comprisinga first engaging structure; a display screen, positioned in the housing;a camera module; and a rotating member, rotatably coupled to thehousing, wherein the camera module is disposed on the rotating member,the rotating member comprises a second engaging structure cooperatedwith the first engaging structure, one of the first engaging structureand the second engaging structure is a curved slot communicated with therecess, the other one of the first engaging structure and the secondengaging structure is a slider slidably engaged in the curved slotthereby enabling the rotating member to rotate according to an axis ofthe curved slot, the camera module is selectively positioned in therecess or exposed from the housing, wherein the axis of the curved slotis perpendicular to the display screen and defined out of the housing,and the camera module keeps facing the same direction as the displayscreen when the rotating member is positioned in the recess.
 16. Themobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the camera module is disposed onone end of the rotating member far away from the second engagingstructure.
 17. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the rotatingmember provides at least one entire exterior surface to be a sidesurface of the housing.
 18. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein thecurved slot comprises a first end wall and a second end wall which areoppositely disposed, the first end wall is provided with a firstmagnetic sheet, the second end wall is provided with a second magneticsheet thereby enabling the slider to attract the first magnetic sheetwhen the rotating member is turned out of the recess, and enabling theslider to attract the second magnetic sheet when the rotating member isturned into the recess.
 19. A mobile terminal, comprising: a housing,defining a recess and comprising a first engaging structure; a displayscreen, positioned in the housing; a functional module; and a rotatingmember, rotatably coupled to the housing, wherein the functional moduleis mounted on the rotating member, the rotating member comprises asecond engaging structure cooperated with the first engaging structure,one of the first engaging structure and the second engaging structure isa curved slot communicated with the recess, the other one of the firstengaging structure and the second engaging structure is a sliderslidably engaged in the curved slot thereby enabling the rotating memberto rotate according to an axis of the curved slot, the functional moduleis selectively positioned in the recess or exposed from the housing,wherein the rotating member keeps covering the recess when the rotatingmember is turned out of the recess.
 20. The mobile terminal of claim 19,wherein a curvature of the curved slot is less than or equal to 2π/5.